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What better way to observe the end of slavery than a rich old white man yelling to work harder.
June 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
What better way to observe the end of slavery than a rich old white man yelling to work harder.
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We've taken the paywall down for this one.
Green card holders detained. A French researcher denied entry for anti-Trump messages. A new travel ban on 40+ countries coming.
Given all these encroachments on travelers' civil liberties, we've updated our guide to digital privacy while crossing US borders. www.wired.com/2017/02/guid...
Given all these encroachments on travelers' civil liberties, we've updated our guide to digital privacy while crossing US borders. www.wired.com/2017/02/guid...
How to Enter the US With Your Digital Privacy Intact
Crossing into the United States has become increasingly dangerous for digital privacy. Here are a few steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Patrol accessing your data.
www.wired.com
March 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
We've taken the paywall down for this one.
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From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
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NEW: When Marco Rubio abruptly halted foreign aid, cleanup crews in Vietnam were forced to abandon one of the largest chemical spills in the world for weeks.
Left exposed: open pits of soil contaminated with dioxin, the deadly byproduct of Agent Orange.
Left exposed: open pits of soil contaminated with dioxin, the deadly byproduct of Agent Orange.
Trump Halted an Agent Orange Cleanup. That Puts Hundreds of Thousands at Risk for Poisoning.
Diplomats in Vietnam warned Washington that halting USAID’s efforts to clean up the massive deposit of postwar pesticides would be a catastrophe for public health and relations with a key strategic partner in Asia.
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March 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
NEW: When Marco Rubio abruptly halted foreign aid, cleanup crews in Vietnam were forced to abandon one of the largest chemical spills in the world for weeks.
Left exposed: open pits of soil contaminated with dioxin, the deadly byproduct of Agent Orange.
Left exposed: open pits of soil contaminated with dioxin, the deadly byproduct of Agent Orange.
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Bernie Sanders: "I'm gonna vote no. I think the American people are sick and tired of Elon Musk, the richest guy in the world, running around, slashing Social Security, veterans programs. That Republicans are moving for massive tax breaks and cutting Medicaid ... you gotta draw a line."
March 14, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Bernie Sanders: "I'm gonna vote no. I think the American people are sick and tired of Elon Musk, the richest guy in the world, running around, slashing Social Security, veterans programs. That Republicans are moving for massive tax breaks and cutting Medicaid ... you gotta draw a line."
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Elon Musk and his 19-year-olds have now disrupted the approval of medical devices that save lives.
Every member of Congress bears a responsibility to stop this right now.
Every member of Congress bears a responsibility to stop this right now.
February 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Elon Musk and his 19-year-olds have now disrupted the approval of medical devices that save lives.
Every member of Congress bears a responsibility to stop this right now.
Every member of Congress bears a responsibility to stop this right now.
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Looks like tomorrow will bring votes on a Republican plan to fund tax cuts for the rich by slashing Medicaid.
So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.
So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.
February 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Looks like tomorrow will bring votes on a Republican plan to fund tax cuts for the rich by slashing Medicaid.
So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.
So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.
Headline of the week
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Opinion | Fail, Caesar!
We can’t let Trump be a cruel emperor.
www.nytimes.com
February 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Headline of the week
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PSA: All of David Lynch's features have just dropped at archive dot org, including Industrial Symphony No 1, Hotel Room, and the Duran Duran concert
Filmography: David Lynch : David Lynch : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Posted in respects of the late David Lynch (1946–2025). All of Lynch's feature-length content.Eraserhead (1977): A hapless factory worker tries to survive...
archive.org
February 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
PSA: All of David Lynch's features have just dropped at archive dot org, including Industrial Symphony No 1, Hotel Room, and the Duran Duran concert
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⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵As people sit with family members today in celebration one of the greatest American myths of all time; I ask the question as I do every year:
Do they know they are celebrating a lie?(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/than...
🧵As people sit with family members today in celebration one of the greatest American myths of all time; I ask the question as I do every year:
Do they know they are celebrating a lie?(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/than...
The Myths of the Thanksgiving Story and the Lasting Damage They Imbue
In truth, massacres, disease and American Indian tribal politics are what shaped the Pilgrim-Indian alliance at the root of the holiday
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 28, 2024 at 3:21 PM
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵As people sit with family members today in celebration one of the greatest American myths of all time; I ask the question as I do every year:
Do they know they are celebrating a lie?(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/than...
🧵As people sit with family members today in celebration one of the greatest American myths of all time; I ask the question as I do every year:
Do they know they are celebrating a lie?(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/than...